Director of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Shashi Prakash Singh, has said that the Chief Minister wants to provide health insurance to the media personnel. The Government is committed to this. He was speaking in a meeting held on Wednesday with media representatives regarding the draft health insurance scheme at Soochna Bhawan.
Singh said that the Government wants to take views from all the media personnel. In this regard, representatives of two insurance companies have also been called, who are doing the work of health insurance of media personnel in the neighbouring States. He invited media persons to share their suggestions regarding insurance company or terms of insurance with the Directorate. He said that soon the rules of health insurance will be prepared. After that, once again the opinion of the journalists will be taken on this and after that it will be implemented.
Journalists also gave their suggestions on this occasion. It was suggested not to charge the insurance premium or to fix the amount at 10 per cent of the total premium. At the same time, emphasis was laid on connecting journalists of regional areas including the city with the insurance scheme. Along with this, it was also suggested to increase the amount of insurance up to Rs 10 lakh. Deputy Director of Directorate of Information and Public Relations Shalini Verma, Assistant Director Avinash Kumar, representatives of United India Insurance Company, National Insurance Company and representatives of various media organizations were present in the meeting.